12/18/18...+8007721213 my local troll probably sent my number To scamm organization.I call the s.s.a number intermittently & had done so this morning. 12/18/18 received disguised robo call voice saying I had suspicious activity & my asserts forfeited.both the scam call center & my local troll can bathe in excrement

Today (7/9/18) I got my THIRTY-FOURTH call from this number in 3 years. The reasons have varied, from scam charity donation solicitations to computer "techs" ... I've tried every way I know to block the number but so far, for me, it cannot be blocked. CID has shown various things: Not Available, Unknown Name, Private, Anonymous, or just blank. ONE TIME (5/4/18) it showed a VoIP string: V504-153-8120053863842. Between them, the merchant services pushers, the Google "partners" (they're lying about that partnership), the supposed "health care grant" that tells you to have a "blessed day" -- I'm getting pretty tired of my work day being interrupted to answer these BS calls. They happen so often every single day I'm sure I lose hours every week.

Repeated calls regarding a social security form I supposedly received. Called my cell phone 3/21/18 and twice on 5/8/18. I KNOW this is NOT Social Security, because they do not have my cell phone number. Twice in one day should convince you, folks, that this is a scammer. I have blocked the number.

After 3 minutes past, all I could hear was dead silence, nothing but static, but after a minute, I could hear whispering voices, that creeped me out, I was on the phone for, 18 minutes, those 18 minutes, I dicided to hang up, but I was pulled in to it, trying to hear what they were saying!

[9:07:54 AM] Crystal88.biz: why do we need to state if its a male or female young or old?
[9:13:17 AM] Dennis Weller: cuz i want to know
[9:13:42 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok then
[9:13:47 AM] Dennis Weller: i will be making automatic adjustments to the script at some point.
[9:14:05 AM] Dennis Weller: you will not be speaking.... you will be playing wave files.
[9:14:26 AM] Dennis Weller: if you are speaking to a woman.. we might use your male voice.
[9:14:43 AM] Crystal88.biz: my male voice"?
[9:15:20 AM] Dennis Weller: you will be playing WAVE files. do you understand what that means?
[9:15:42 AM] Crystal88.biz: yes
[9:17:16 AM] Dennis Weller: so with a tablet.. that has a bunch of buttons you could play your script. Perfect in every way... no dog, no kid, no truck, perfectly spoken each and every time you fire it... so you could have the same pitch.. Fast or Slow, use different words for old or young.. smart or dumb.
[9:17:26 AM] Dennis Weller: it would not matter that you have a heavy accent.
[9:17:57 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:18:13 AM] Dennis Weller: a lot of UNTRAINED people could run a robot that does the talking.
[9:18:41 AM] Dennis Weller: but we MUST have a human brain in the equation. for COGNITION that is what computjers can not do.
[9:19:19 AM] Dennis Weller: thats our game. we create jobs for moms that are simple and easy for a human and impossible for a machine.
[9:19:42 AM] Crystal88.biz: agree
[9:19:46 AM] Dennis Weller: but that said. AI artificial intelligence will catch up.
[9:20:51 AM] Crystal88.biz: yes
[9:21:20 AM] Dennis Weller: and in about 10 years maybe 15 google will be able to read any invoice in the world in any language. and fill in your spreadsheet. and our trick will become obsolete.
[9:21:55 AM] Dennis Weller: but for now... today... we are the cutting edge.
[9:22:07 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:22:36 AM] Dennis Weller: we have a trick and the infrastructure to provide a service to a very large audience.
[9:23:11 AM] Dennis Weller: all we need is ONE good client that needs a lot of what we can do.
[9:23:53 AM] Dennis Weller: where kevin works. they have a client that rents servers. they rent 200 servers.
[9:24:03 AM] Crystal88.biz: wow
[9:24:10 AM] Dennis Weller: each server costs about $100,000 USD
[9:25:37 AM] Dennis Weller: if we ever hooked into a client like that, we would need to grow to hundreds of workers in a very short time.
[9:25:54 AM] Dennis Weller: our system is designed to scale up. quickly.
[9:26:16 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:26:18 AM] Dennis Weller: we dont need a huge anything to make our system work
[9:27:01 AM] Dennis Weller: we are worldwide. and can deal with multiple currencies and daily exchange rates.
[9:27:45 AM] Crystal88.biz: yes
[9:28:09 AM] Dennis Weller: lets say you are on the phone and a young man answers... your script can automatically adjust..
[9:28:19 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:28:42 AM] Dennis Weller: an old woman.. script would be slower, use words familiar to old people.
[9:29:42 AM] Dennis Weller: young man he would be talking to a female voice. faster paced, modern terms.. he understands what "my bad" means and it is ok to talk to him that way.
[9:30:23 AM] Dennis Weller: the old lady.. best a male voice. very slow and articulate. no hip modern words.
[9:30:53 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:31:33 AM] Dennis Weller: I can imagine that someday we create a big library of YOU talking all the parts of a DYNAMICALLY changing script that is played (not spoken)
[9:32:13 AM] Crystal88.biz: yeah cool
[9:32:47 AM] Dennis Weller: we will offer your voice offer recordings. the same script but tuned for old young boy girl. smart helpful.
[9:33:03 AM] Dennis Weller: lets say we have run 1000 research calls
[9:33:10 AM] Dennis Weller: and we have all this cool data
[9:33:41 AM] Dennis Weller: and now we are gonna call SOME of them back for the next step in our mission to find prospects.
[9:35:03 AM] Dennis Weller: which ones would you call back first? the ans is boys that were helpful and smart. you could call them LIVE.. get some new recordings. and then create the new set of recordings for old/young/boy/girl/ and OTHER people could use those recordings.
[9:35:32 AM] Dennis Weller: if the situation ever comes up that someone wants to speak to a manager.. OPEN YOUR MIC and speak..
[9:36:12 AM] Dennis Weller: I have access to MALE voice over specialists. via my relationship with the Radio Station.
[9:37:28 AM] Dennis Weller: BTW I think we are very close to being able to run a test radio advertisement. I would like to use your voice for parts of the commercial. Maybe a very short interview where you answer some questions.
[9:38:19 AM] Dennis Weller: we coujld have 4 commercials so the interview is 4 parts and each part is 30 seconds or 1 minute.
[9:38:48 AM] Crystal88.biz: what exactly would we talk about?
[9:39:18 AM] Dennis Weller: exactly? i have not given that much thought. but it should be educational.
[9:40:32 AM] Dennis Weller: for the person listening. it should be educational they walk away with some NEW bit of information. that MIGHT give THEM some benefit and in a very short time.
[9:41:20 AM] Dennis Weller: four parts cuz it can not be said in 30 seconds.. think of it like 4 elevator rides.
[9:42:57 AM] Dennis Weller: google "BERMA SHAVE" see how they marketed 60 years ago.. on the original information highway.. they put signs up along the side of the road. 4 signs separated by a couple of minutes at highway speeds.
[9:43:52 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:56:05 AM] Dennis Weller: Thanks for asking your question..
[9:56:21 AM] Crystal88.biz: yw
[9:56:23 AM] Dennis Weller: one more thing i needed to think about.
[9:56:40 AM] Crystal88.biz: shoot
[9:56:48 AM] Dennis Weller: and now we can start designing our radio ads
[9:56:56 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[9:58:39 AM] Dennis Weller: you prompted me at the right moment.. and I was able to see a vision of how it could be.
[9:59:06 AM] Crystal88.biz: oh nice
[9:59:29 AM] Dennis Weller: we could make the recordings of your parts and the radio station can create the person that is interviewing you.
[10:00:08 AM] Crystal88.biz: sure
[10:00:37 AM] Dennis Weller: i am kind of jazzed about this.
[10:00:50 AM] Crystal88.biz: i figured
[10:00:54 AM] Dennis Weller: in a way.. its just another script.
[10:01:32 AM] Dennis Weller: I think YOU and ME, together could create these types of advertisements for clients.
[10:02:41 AM] Crystal88.biz: yep
[10:15:28 AM] Crystal88.biz: I submitted a few forms for the script
[10:17:27 AM] Dennis Weller: and
[10:17:55 AM] Crystal88.biz: just hoping you see them
[10:18:16 AM] Dennis Weller: well i want you to be able to see them too. so let's work on that.
[10:18:27 AM] Dennis Weller: put on your MANAGER hat..
[10:18:44 AM] Dennis Weller: now you are looking at the results of one of your workers...
[10:19:28 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[10:19:34 AM] Dennis Weller: and you will be a LIASON to the client, the champion, and upper management.
[10:19:52 AM] Dennis Weller: The manager starts at LEVEL4 in our pay scale.
[10:20:00 AM] Crystal88.biz: yes
[10:20:19 AM] Dennis Weller: a manager is NOT a worker.. they are a collaborator or partner.
[10:20:40 AM] Crystal88.biz: i know
[10:21:42 AM] Dennis Weller: eventually some become OWNERS of their own clone of our business. and they go find their own clients. and they find their own workers, and we help them whenever they need help. for a small fair fee or a small slice of their pie.
[10:22:10 AM] Crystal88.biz: great idea
[10:22:53 AM] Dennis Weller: Listen... if it were not for you... I would have no need or reason to be creating these kinds of ideas.
[10:23:45 AM] Crystal88.biz: really?
[10:23:55 AM] Dennis Weller: YOU are the FORCE that motivates me to think about how to empower you.
[10:24:21 AM] Crystal88.biz: ok
[10:25:14 AM] Dennis Weller: its not so much that i want to help YOU specifically... I want to create tools and teach you how to use them so that you can empower yourself.
[10:25:35 AM] Dennis Weller: because at the end of the day.. you can lead a horse to water but you can not make him drink.
[10:25:52 AM] Crystal88.biz: agree
[10:26:44 AM] Dennis Weller: or as Jesus said dont waste good pearls on a bunch of pigs they dont care about pearls. Share your pearls with those that WANT what you offer.
[10:27:56 AM] Crystal88.biz: yes
[10:28:42 AM] Dennis Weller: dont try to convert people that dont like something. instead find people that woujld what you have. and tell them. dont bother with the ones that are obviously not interested, and especially more so if they are ignorant by choice.
[10:29:24 AM] Crystal88.biz: agree
[10:29:41 AM] Crystal88.biz: I got a minute or two in the day before I leave ok
[10:30:28 AM] Dennis Weller: ok so take care.. i will look at your data
[10:30:53 AM] Crystal88.biz: yes thx have a great day
[11:19:17 AM] Dennis Weller: ============
[11:24:07 AM] Dennis Weller: i watched this video and there are millions like it, where someone is talking and there is a caption. makes me think of you providing a sound track for an existing video. the idea is they have this video already. and they are invested in it. For a small fee they could have a 2nd voice track with a different pace, tempo, flow... if their video already has captions it is really easy.
[11:25:18 AM] Dennis Weller: Your voice is one of your assets. Think about ways you can leverage your strengths. That means get more out of it. Leverage.

Guy is trying to scam people. He pretends he's an 18 y/o girl on plenty of fish.Com. then we you exchange numbers, he sends you naked pictures of some random female. Then outbox nowhere says "she is underage." You then get a random text from this number saying it's the father and that he will turn you in to police unless you pay him money. It's a blackmailing scheme that makes guys think they accepted pictures of a naked girl at least 18, then "she" says she's underage and then her "father" steps in and tries to get money out of you in exhsncge for not showing the text messages to police. This guy needs to be caught and arrested!

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"Justin Rolseon" called from "MCM". After five minutes he admitted that it was "Midland Credit Management". It took another five minutes before he would give his address as "8875 Aero Drive Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92123", because his company's policy required him to check with management to see if it was acceptable to provide identification as required by federal law. He was obviously calling from India running some kind of debt collection scam, trying to get credit card numbers. He refused to say where he got my telephone number. He then made up a story that maybe the person he was asking for lived at my house or had the same phone number before; neither of which is possible unless he lived in a tree in the woods that was here before the house was built. Then he said that maybe he was calling a wrong number, which is obviously ridiculous, since no same person calls the same wrong number 18 times. He eventually admitted that "Justin Rolseon" is not his real name. The same scammer also called most recently on July 19, 2009, with a very similar M.O., but using a different faked caller ID number, and also gave the same address, so this scam has been going on for a long time. Previously, this same scammer called on 3-Jul-2009 at 3:05 p.m., 11-Jul-2009 at 10:13 a.m., 12-Jul-2009 at 3:48 p.m., 12-Jul-2009 at 6:00 p.m., 12-Jul-2009 8:38 p.m., 13-Jul-2009 at 2:07 p.m., 13-Jul-2009 at 3:01 p.m. (twice in the same minute), 14-Jul-2009 at 12:07 p.m., 15-Jul-2009 at 10:04 a.m., 15-Jul-2009 at 2:11 p.m.,16-Jul-2009 at 12:38 p.m., 17-Jul-2009 at 7:53 p.m.,18-Jul-2009 at 9:56 a.m.,18-Jul-2009 at 4:13 p.m. Each time they refused to say why they were calling. The FCC and FTC have simply ignored all complaints, as is their policy. One of the previous criminals involved in the scam gave the name "Lynn Malkovitch", but most of them refused to give their names. In fact "Lynn Malkovitch" immediately hung up when I asked her to spell her last name. This same scammer also uses the fake caller ID 877-864-3526. This is part of a large, long-running scam operation that goes by various names including Midland Credit Management, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Valentine & Kebartas, IC System, Portfolio Recovery Associates, Accounts Receiveable Management, Allied Interstate, Bureau of Collection & Recovery, Chase Student Loans, Chrysler Corporation, Enhanced Recovery Corporation, FMA Alliance, GMC, HSBC, Juniper Bank, M. S. Gerald, NCC Business Services, NCO Financial Systems, United Credit Bureau, Watson Nelson & Associates, and Regional Adjustment Bureau. They probably use many other names, these are just the names that the scammers have used when calling me. Many others are simply unintelligible on the phone or refuse to give their name but appear to have a similar M.O.

Called at 10:18 PM my time and it is from PA then it was 1:18 AM on 3-11-2014. Caller hung up before I could get to the phone. I called the number back and got a Verizon Cell Phone recording that the number was not in service at this time. Could this be a stolen cell phone that someone hacked into? I didn't recognize the name on the caller ID and don't know anyone in Harrisburg, PA.

A spammer sent a spam-SMS-text from 4158151417 (XO California) to my cell phone
(which, in addition to being prohibited under rules concerning cell phones, is
also illegal since my number is on the federal Do Not Call list)
advertising the following URL:
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Which is on the Amazon network, and uses DNSs and webpages on other networks.
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I just received a text (773) 893-0868 from this individual wanting to purchase a vehicle from me. He insisted that the transaction be through my PayPal account. He the requested my PayPal account password and physical address. I advised him that if he was serious about the transaction he could contact me at the number he had texted and he or his representative to meet me at my financial institution to complete the transaction.

Well this time they identified themselves as Rasmussen Reports calling with a survey about college football. It was a recording rather than a live person. First thing they did was gave me a choice as to whether I was at least 18. Since I didn't really have time to play their silly tiptoe through the touch tone survey and don't follow college football anyway, I selected that I was under 18. They thanked me and hung up. I wonder how many computers would be put of work if the politicians had guts enough to include surveys and non-profits to the FTC's do not call regulations.

The FTC amended their complaint in June 2013 to include the following companies invovled in this scamming business. The amended complaint adds several new defendants to the case, which now include: 1) WV Universal Management, LLC, also doing business as Treasure Your Success; 2) Global Financial Assist, LLC; 3) Leading Production, LLC; 4) Willy Plancher, individually and as a member of WV Universal Management, LLC, Global Financial Assist, LLC, and Leading Production, LLC; 5) Valbona Toska, also known as Val Jones, individually and as a member of WV Universal Management, LLC, Global Financial Assist, LLC, and Leading Production, LLC; 6) HES Merchant Services Company, LLC; 7) Business First Solutions, Inc.; 8) VoiceOnyx Corp.; 9) Hal E. Smith, also known as H.E. Smith, Harold E. Smith, and Howell E. Smith, individually and as an officer of HES Merchant Services Company, LLC; 10) Jonathon E. Warren, individually and as an officer of Business First Solutions, Inc., and VoiceOnyx Corp.; 11) Ramon Sanchez-Ortega, also known as Ramon Sanchez and Ramon Ortega; 12) Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin, also doing business as Newtek Merchant Solutions; and 13) Derek Depuydt, individually and as an officer of Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin.

I called Newtek/Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin after googling the phone number. After pushing the lady to get me to the CEO, I was transferred to Derek Depuydt's voicemail!

Even the BBB entry for this company shows:
Payment Processing Company Named for Assisting, Facilitating Telemarketing Fraud
Date of Action: 6/18/2013

On 6/18/2013 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an amended complaint against the defendants behind the firm Treasure Your Success (TYS), which allegedly made deceptive “cardholder services” robocalls, promising to lower consumers’ credit card rates in exchange for an upfront fee as high as $1,593.93.

Among the additional defendants named in the amended complaint is a company called Newtek Merchant Solutions, and its former president Derek Depuydt. According to the complaint, they approved TYS for a merchant account without performing customary reviews (such as obtaining telemarketing scripts, as required by their own procedures) and despite clear warning signs of fraud. They continued to process credit card transactions for TYS, despite knowing that it had high charge-back rates, had fraud alerts on its credit reports, and was on MasterCard’s fraud monitoring program.

The complaints alleges Newtek processed $2.8 million in transactions for Treasure Your Success over a nine-month period until July 2012, despite inordinately high chargeback rates, the FTC claims. The complaint also alleges Newtek also neglected to obtain telemarketing scripts before granting a merchant account to TYS, according to the FTC. Nonetheless, the complaint says, Newtek withheld as much as 20% of the telemarketers’s proceeds each month to fund a reserve account against chargeback losses.

The FTC
is requesting it be awarded preliminary injunctive relief, reimbursements of costs and permanent injunction to prevent future violations.

The FTC amended their complaint in June 2013 to include the following companies invovled in this scamming business. The amended complaint adds several new defendants to the case, which now include: 1) WV Universal Management, LLC, also doing business as Treasure Your Success; 2) Global Financial Assist, LLC; 3) Leading Production, LLC; 4) Willy Plancher, individually and as a member of WV Universal Management, LLC, Global Financial Assist, LLC, and Leading Production, LLC; 5) Valbona Toska, also known as Val Jones, individually and as a member of WV Universal Management, LLC, Global Financial Assist, LLC, and Leading Production, LLC; 6) HES Merchant Services Company, LLC; 7) Business First Solutions, Inc.; 8) VoiceOnyx Corp.; 9) Hal E. Smith, also known as H.E. Smith, Harold E. Smith, and Howell E. Smith, individually and as an officer of HES Merchant Services Company, LLC; 10) Jonathon E. Warren, individually and as an officer of Business First Solutions, Inc., and VoiceOnyx Corp.; 11) Ramon Sanchez-Ortega, also known as Ramon Sanchez and Ramon Ortega; 12) Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin, also doing business as Newtek Merchant Solutions; and 13) Derek Depuydt, individually and as an officer of Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin.

I called Newtek/Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin after googling the phone number. After pushing the lady to get me to the CEO, I was transferred to Derek Depuydt's voicemail!

Even the BBB entry for this company shows:
Payment Processing Company Named for Assisting, Facilitating Telemarketing Fraud
Date of Action: 6/18/2013

On 6/18/2013 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an amended complaint against the defendants behind the firm Treasure Your Success (TYS), which allegedly made deceptive “cardholder services” robocalls, promising to lower consumers’ credit card rates in exchange for an upfront fee as high as $1,593.93.

Among the additional defendants named in the amended complaint is a company called Newtek Merchant Solutions, and its former president Derek Depuydt. According to the complaint, they approved TYS for a merchant account without performing customary reviews (such as obtaining telemarketing scripts, as required by their own procedures) and despite clear warning signs of fraud. They continued to process credit card transactions for TYS, despite knowing that it had high charge-back rates, had fraud alerts on its credit reports, and was on MasterCard’s fraud monitoring program.

The complaints alleges Newtek processed $2.8 million in transactions for Treasure Your Success over a nine-month period until July 2012, despite inordinately high chargeback rates, the FTC claims. The complaint also alleges Newtek also neglected to obtain telemarketing scripts before granting a merchant account to TYS, according to the FTC. Nonetheless, the complaint says, Newtek withheld as much as 20% of the telemarketers’s proceeds each month to fund a reserve account against chargeback losses.

The FTC
is requesting it be awarded preliminary injunctive relief, reimbursements of costs and permanent injunction to prevent future violations.

Started getting these calls on Thursday, July 25, 2013. I am provided with an abbreviated name of National Cit CA. After reading another forum (http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-619-900-1248/3#p588-495-898405127466), I blocked the number. This is what happened before the block. (Note: Yesterday refers to Friday, 7/26/13)

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United Nations Liaison Office,
United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
United States of America

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The CFCUN is supervised by the United Nations Security Council and Its mandate is to coordinate with various international law enforcement agencies to retrieve lost funds and the amount above has been approved for payment through the World Bank's correspondent banks. Selected individual(s) will receive the sum of US$18,600,000.00 each.

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Toll Free Caller
Called June 5, 2013 at 7:26 p.m.
Again on June 7, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.
Again on June 8, 2013 at 4:16 p.m.
Again on June 11, 2013 at 7:38 p.m.
Again on June 12, 2013 at 2:29 p.m. and 7:54 p.m.
Again on June 13, 2013 at 3:53 p.m.
Again on June 14, 2013 at 3:36 p.m. and 7:39 p.m.
Again on June 15, 2013 at 12:48 p.m.
Again on June 17, 2013 at 3:28 p.m. and 7:09 p.m.
Again on June 18, 2013 at 8:12 p.m
Again on June 22, 2013 at 1:36 p.m.
Again on June 23, 2013 at 3:05 p.m.
Again on June 24, 2013 at 2:18 p.m. and 7:31 p.m.
Again on June 25, 2013 at 7:16 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.
Again on June 26, 2013 at 7:58 p.m.
Again on June 27, 2013 at 8:08 p.m.

Except for a handful of occasions when a pre-recorded message was left on my answering machine, these were all hang up calls on my answering machine. The pre-recorded message indicating that Harbor Funds was calling to inform me that it had not received instructions from me as to how to vote my shares. I was asked to call another number and vote those shares so that the company would have a quorum at its meeting.

HOWEVER- I don’t own Harbor Funds and never have. Additionally, the Harbor Funds Web Site notes that “A special meeting of the shareholders of each fund of Harbor Funds was held on June 25, 2013” and, as anyone can see, I continued to get these hang up calls AFTER the meeting.

The caller that phoned my home asked to speak to adult. My 10 year old answered the phone and told them her parents weren't home (have schooled about that no-no again). My 18 and 22 year old kids were with her, so one of them got on the phone. The guy was rude to my 10 year old and my 18 year old. Wouldn't leave a name or message or anything.

At 12:18 Pm March 18, 2013 I received a call from 845-790-3019. They tell you about the crime and etc. I listen and press 2 to be removed from the list like it says. In less than 20 minutes (12:37) another call saying the same thing as before except the number is 317-759-7561. I think I'll press 1 an talk to someone. Gina answers, when I say it has been 20 minutes since I received, she hung up on me.
I am on the No Call List, but what good does it do?

I got a missed call on my cell phone from this number at 2:18 pm. No voice message was left. Then, I answered the call from this number at 6:18 pm. The caller said that his name was George from AAA. He knew my first name.

After seeing this number on caller id three times in a row two days in a row on the third day I answered Woman said she was a surveyor from GFK wanted male between 18-64 since my husband was not going to take call I ask if she had to have a male she said anyone 18 or older would do spent 27 minutes answering a lot of what seemed like repeated ?'s I recommend just don't answer or answer say no thank you hang up My ear hurts!

I got a call from these idiots. They are like many other debt collectors. They are more bark than bite. Just ignore them. When then send you a threatening letter, send them back a CEASE and DESIST letter by certified mail. Tell them that they are to cease calling your home and any correspondence will be conducted by US Mail. If they violate that, you can own their butt and the company in court. If they decide to sue you, send them a letter by certified mail, in the discovery process to produce a signed copy of the written contract. If the account is over 18 months old, more than likely they will not have it as they are often shredded after 6 to 18 months. This is not substitute for solid legal advice and I am not a lawyer. I have smacked these idiot debt collectors before. They are mostly bluff and bull sh!t.

Unfortunately, the FTC's TSR can't be applied here (Canada). The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) does have similar regulations, though. However, these regulations contain loopholes that exempt companies with whom Canadians have had prior business relationships. In that case, these companies can call with impunity for 18 months after the last transaction. Meanwhile, if a prospective customer contacts a company (for any reason, including pre-sales info, billing, returns, complaints, etc.), then the company is exempt from the DNCL and can call that customer for a period of 6 months from the time of that contact.

Seems like they have us coming and going.

Anyway, assuming that we buy nothing from Sears (for a span of 18 months since our last transaction), then these calls should stop. Might be a worthwhile experiment to keep track.

I've gotten two calls from Portfolio Recovery Services in the last month about a debt from 11 years ago. I'm from Illinois, and the statute of limitations is five years on collection of delinquent revolving lines of credit, such as credit cards. Which is to say, the original debt cannot be collected after five years. So this debt was legally no longer my responsibility 6 years ago. I told the last guy who called to not call again, and he claimed I had to do that in writing. That’s not true According to the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (aka: the do not call registry). If you tell someone they cannot call you again, they have to abide by that, even if they have conducted business with you within the last 18 months. Otherwise, according to the rule, if you have not conducted business with a company within the last 18 months and you have put your phone number on the do not call registry, they cannot call you. If you have told them not to call, or you haven't had any business transactions or communications with them in the last 18 months and they call you any way, be assertive and get their name, company name and location and tell them you are going to report them to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC will investigate and possibly fine them. I’m sure you’ll never find out if they were ever fined over your complaint, but this should give them a reason to delete your phone number from their automated computer calling system.

You subscribe to a periodical for one to three years. THEN let it expire. That is when the clock starts running. They then have the next 18 months where they may legally call you.

I have a car dealership calling me every month or so. I explained to them today that the last time I was in was March 2011, and that I have absolutely no intention of bringing my car in for service because in September 2012 it will suddenly be illegal for them to call me.

I did the same thing at my bank. I told them that the very next time they phone me I will withdraw all my deposits and close my accounts. Once again, after 18 months it will be illegal for them to call. I haven't gotten a call from my bank ever since then.

Really, learn the law, and if you don't like it, contact your Congress critter and your Senators and request a change. Personally, I believe 18 months is FAR too long, and I also believe that if you request to be removed from ANY list, that should be honored.

I also believe political calls should be included. Yea, get them to include themselves.

I answered, during dinner, it was regarding an entertainment survey. Wanted to talk to man of household 18 years or older, then when I said there was no one here like that, she asked for female of household 18 years or older. Told her not intersted and hung up.

I received a barrage of calls from this # today 7-18-2011 --- 1:30, 2:18, 2:35, 3:00, 3:09, 3:18, 3:23, and 4:19 PM.
The first call at 1:30 I told them I wasn't interested in diabetic supplies from them - I guess they didn't believe me.

Several calls daily from May 16 2011 thru May 18 2011. Told them to stop calling, we're on DNC list. I asked them who they were and was told "Senior Diabetic Network". Also asked if I could call them and was told "No, we call you. Then on May 18, 2011, a call on caller ID again 1-305-503-3900 so I didn't answer. I still have the nasty, threatning message saved on my voice mail. "F--- you, I will burn your house." "You will die." I know who you are and I know where you live bitch." Wholly crap! Then, another call came in same number and I answered. Told them I was calling the police, and I did! I've not received and more calls, but something needs to be done for them to talk that way. It is awful!

This is to update and correct the previous posting. My wife DID stay at the Hilton on numerous occasions over the past 18 months indulging herself in sordid sexual trists various multiple partners and kept charging it to my personal credit card. As a consequence, Hilton Grand Vacations calling from land line 702-699-7904 is EXEMPT, at least in my case, from the Do Not Call Registry. This is because my wife has stayed at Hilton so many times over the past 18 months with so many different men and women. I am so glad that I found all of this out from my wife, where the money went in her reckless and irresponsible sexual abandon. Mostly I'm happy in because I was about to file an unlawful complaint against Hilton Grand Vacations with the FTC (Do Not Call Registry). Thanks to my vixen wife, who will have sex with anyone except for me, I avoided a huge mistake.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of all persons in the State of Florida who, since February 18, 2011, received a non-emergency telephone call from PRA to a cellular telephone through the use of an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice and who did not provide prior express consent for such calls during the transaction that resulted in the debt owed. According to the Complaint, PRA violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using automatic dialing systems and/or an artificial or prerecorded voice to contact cell phone users about purported debts without their prior consent. As described in the Complaint, Ms. Harvey, the named plaintiff in the action, was repeatedly contacted since February 18, 2011 on her cell phone about a purported credit card debt. The plaintiff never consented to those calls, nor did she provide PRA with her telephone number. Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act PRA could be ordered to pay attorneys' fees, litigation expenses and costs of the lawsuit, and statutory damages of $500 for each negligent violation, and/or $1,500 for each knowing and/or willing violation. According to the Complaint, the potential Class Members are estimated to number in the tens of thousands. Additionally, the complaint alleges collective damages exceeding five million dollars .

See the BBB rating of F with 13 complaints here. Note that the owner is listed as Mike Winn, and Kyle Kilby is listed as Regional Sales Manager.
http://www.bbb.org/northeast-california/busin ... nto-ca-15001806

This discusses the legal action by San Francisco which resulted in a fine of $27000 and a prohibition from engaging in various illegal conduct:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/18/BABADIGEST2.DTL

Here is a negative article about Elite Conservation Services which includes a quote from Roger:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14482798

There are a lot of complaints from customers here as well as some postings by Kyle and others who claim to be employees:
http://www.topix.com/forum/county/santa-cruz-ca/THCQNV898H8IQ59AR

There are a lot of complaints here too. Note that someone claiming to be the owner threatened to sue everyone who complained:
http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Qualit ... 834/review/list

A lot of complaints are posted on Yelp also. Kyle hangs out there. Note the fake reviews posted by Gordon S.. The choice of the name Gordon is undoubtedly just a coincidence!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/elite-conservation-services-sacramento
http://www.yelp.com/biz/advanced-conservation-services-san-francisco

Roger has his own company and www.californiaenergyservices.com says the address is 8184 Alpine Ave. # H, Sacramento, CA 95826. Valid phone numbers are 800-985-5885916-737-1107916-996-1283.

Unfortunately, a useful web article by CBS5 San Francisco has been deleted. The following quotes are from the article:
Barry Goggin of the Sacramento Better Business Bureau said Heng is not alone. They're taking advantage of people's knowledge of, and trust of, PG&E said Goggin. He said others are complaining too. The company was also accused of misrepresenting to consumers that contracts were simply applications, and of making false threats of mechanics liens and foreclosures. We highlighted what I would really call a dirty playbook by this particular company said Max Peltz [San Francisco ADA]. The court entered an injunction against Nguyen to stop that conduct, but Peltz said complaints he's now hearing from other counties make it appear as though the company is certainly very brazen in light of the injunction that we entered. Nguyen did not admit guilt in the case but paid a $28,000 fine.

The comment board at http://www.topix.com/forum/county/santa-cruz-ca/THCQNV898H8IQ59AR is very
interesting. Note the four barely coherent rants on the first page by people claiming to be company employees. Also note postings on the second page by someone claiming to be Kyle Kilby on topix.com:
Yes he [Roger or my dad] is terrible. He has only been in business for 17 years. He specializes in helping the elderly and indoor air quality issues. He has only helped thousands of customers and has always been in good standing with the license board. You are probably just some ex employee that couldn't do their job and now all you have is time and hate. You hide behind the anonymity of the internet.
I am truly sorry for your experience. We try and make each of our customers happy. We help around 200 happy customers every month. If there is still something I can do for you I am more than happy to help. You can send an email to customerservice@utilityprogram.org or reach me directly at Kyle@utilityprogram.org
I manage the yelp section and no one complained. Yelp doesn't arbitrarily take reviews down. And yes roger and mike are partners in the company. And yes will handles installs. If we are laying it out there. I have a company too. Kyle Kilby Consulting. My name is Kyle Gordon Kilby. I am also associated with the company.

Now they are insisting ERISA requires (not recommends) an independent audit of every 401k plan every 18 months. Said the person doing the audit would notify ERISA we were in compliance for another 18 months. ERISA is not an organization. There is no such requirement with a small 401k plan. Contacted our third-party administrator who confirmed this. 401kExchange calls every couple of months. I've always participated in their survey, but not any more now that I've read up on them.

11/18, 3:30pm – 502-554-3816
11/18, 4:15pm – 502-554-3816
11/18, 4:45pm – 502-554-3816
12/7, 2:53pm – 502-554-3816
12/7, 3:26pm – 502-554-3816
12/7, 4:22pm – 502-554-3816
They called my home number (which is forwarded to my cell during the day). I am at work when they call and cannot answer the phone. They leave no message. Tried calling the number back but a recording says "no voicemail has been set up."

Returned call 10/18/10 I received 4 days prior from Bill/Prize Distribution Center/1-800-301-3436. First asked my name & state by Pam--put on hold 5 mins--then another woman asked if I was single/married, then if I was between 18 & 68. When I said no, she commented I had such a young voice, which if you talked with me you would know that's a lie--then if I lived alone and if I had a major credit card. Since I do enter contests and could finally get a word in, her answers to my questions was it was an entry that I probably wouldn't be aware of as it was an automatic entry from SOMEWHERE. They would be having the final drawing (for a Lincoln or $45,000) at the end of December and I would be notified by a phone call or certified letter thereafter. If WHOEVER would spend as much time planning positive things in life, our world would be a much better place in which to live.

This lady calls my cell from this number and tells me she's conducting a health survey. She asks if I'm over 18. I say "No, I'm a minor, and this is a cell phone." She goes on to explain why they call cell phones. "That's alright," I tell her, "But I'm still under 18." She asks if I would mind answering a few questions for the survey, and I tell her again that I am under 18. She asks me again if I would like to answer a few questions. I remind her again that I'm under 18, and "No thanks, I wouldn't like to be part of the survey." She thanks me, and we hang up.

I have had 3 calls 2 from William Ferns at 312-239-6380 on 5/25 7:36pm and on 5/27 at 7:24pm - Funny how he sounded as if he called from his home, because he told someone in the back ground (hadn't hung up the line) he told them NOT to Bother him when he was on the phone. He leaves a toll free number both times of 1-866-313-0311 ext 209 Today Wed 6/2 @ 1:04pm, I received a congratulations you've won from James - Coordinator at Prize distribution center that I had won a Grand Gift in a sweepstakes that I entered 18 months ago. He also called from the 312-239-6380 but gave me 866-313-0311 ext 205. I called, and immediately was put me on hold. Then the phone rang, and I was talking to a lady.
All 3 calls were left on my answering machine, congratulating me on winning a sweepstakes that I had entered 18 months ago. I finally called the number today at 4:13 and was asked to hold when I hit the extension. Then the phone rings, and I get a female, first congratulating me. I asked what I had won, and where was it that I had filled out the sweepstakes. She started asking me questions about personal was I married, I asked why did that matter, and IF I had filled out a sweepstakes entry, she should already have that on file. Her response was that things change. I asked what it was that I had won, and where was this that I was supposed to get my prize. She said Royal Oaks in a local community where I live about 45 minutes away, at that point, I just stated "No Thank you", and hung up.

Mr. Kesler. I have repeatedly asked your company to remove us from your calling list. We are already on the Do Not Call List, but you do not remove us. You keep calling from 314 627 5503. Our company is one of many who you do not respect.
Have you ever looked online to see the thousands of people who complain? Some have contacted their Attorney Generals. Remove our number! PLEASE!

"Damn these people they don't give up harassing people. I got atleast 5 calls from the same lady asking same repeted question. After i asked put me on do not call list she refused and said she will call back and hanged up on me. wish you were here in Denver I would find out your address and i would walk in your call center personally and make sure you are never able to lift the receiver in you hands again.
2009-12-28 16:32:57 UTCchristy
incessant phone calls from this number....always asking for the owner of the business. NEVER leaves a message....ALWAYS rude.
2010-01-06 21:11:01 UTCkim
NEVER leaves a message....They are rude and call over and over again....
2010-01-08 17:07:49 UTCMark
ID says CPC. Same story as above. Rude. Asks for owner of business. Will not talk to my assistant. Somehow they have my mobile number and office number. I am guessing my info got sold to them. I'll try to remember to update after I talk to them.
2010-02-01 20:00:16 UTCbob
I just got a phone call from them. They asked for the owner and I replied which one, then she said that she had the wrong number. I asked what company she worked for and she said crescent processing. I checked them out on the web and it turns out that they are a credit card processing company with some questionable actions on both the processing end and when hiring their sales reps that they charge to work for them.
2010-02-19 18:21:08 UTCSC-Brad
I switched my land line number to my cell phone, right away started to get these telemarketing calls. A GIANT pain.

A TEMPORARY salution that I am using is to

1. Save the number in my cell phone.
2. Identify the number naming it "X".
3. Then change the "RING TONE" to none.

Wha-La no more call come in!

Hope this can work for you.
2010-02-23 17:32:10 UTCPaula
I have a home tax practice. CPC has been calling at least once a day for several days. I checked out the number here to find that it is a credit card processing office. So, this morning, I picked up the call. The lady first asked for the business owner. I confirmed and then she began a spiel that her manager wants to come to my office and would I be available at 11:30 (it is 11:25 right now). I told her I had a home office and, before I could tell her I wasn't interested, she said they don't come to home offices and she hung up. Other than the rude hangup, she was professional in her manner. We'll see if they stop calling now.

So, try telling them you are "just" a home office - maybe they will go away.
2010-03-02 22:13:12 UTCRobert
Got a call from this number. It went like this:

Caller: "Hello, is the owner available."
Me: "No, he's not."
Caller: "Oh, well is the co-owner in?"
Me: "No, I'm sorry, he died."
Caller: "What? Oh no! When?"
Me: "I'm sorry, that is none of your business."
Caller (somewhat indignantly): "Well I'll just call back in 30 minutes."
Me (after she hung up): "Go ahead, smart-ass. I'll tell you the same thing, and I'll laugh my ass off."
2010-04-02 18:59:57 UTCTony
Probably trying to sell card processing to businesses. I just hung up on them.
2010-04-08 18:21:27 UTCWRS
CPC keeps calling (314 627 5503), rude and ignorant I have tried to get them blocked with no success. Trying to sell STUFF, not just phones but services that do not relate to my business. They call approx. 1-2 weekly.
2010-04-21 15:43:50 UTCjason
i found the company and contact info.... feel free to send thier president and email i did!!
crescentprocessing.com

be sure to contact david kesler.. they ask for your boos or owner why not speak to thiers?!?!
2010-05-18 17:44:05 UTCjudy
they call every day and they wont stop
2010-05-19 18:39:59 UTCDave
314-627-5503
Company is: Crescent Processing Company (CPC)
crescentprocessing.com
12700 Park Central Drive, Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75251

Rhonda called and said I won a Ford Explorer for a form I filled out 12-18 months ago, WRONG, this is the 3 time they have called me on this scam and I told them the other 2 times to take my number off their list. Called them back and talked to 2 other people to take my name off their list, told me they know about the DO NOT CALL list but they got my number off the entry form I filled out. I assure you I never filled out any entry form. The address they have I haven't lived at for over 3 years so I'm sure I wouldn't have used it 12-18 months ago. What good is the DO NOT CALL list if these scammers can get through.

These asses call everyday...it's a war of will between their auto-caller and my "caller blocker" on my treasured Panasonic phone. So far...it's 18 calls...18 calls blocked. I chuckle every time the blocker tells me it disconnected the call. A beautiful thing. I also chuckle every time I read one of these posts from folks who actually return the call and wade through the choices to "be removed from the list". Wow...are there no limits to the stupidity of some Americans???????

Capital One.....calling looking for someone else who had cell number over 18 months ago.....relentless....calling from 10 numbers 5 times a day for last 10 days. Spoke to someone finally (not very good English) and notified them they were harrassing a 10 years old and that the person they were looking for hadn't had this number in more than 18 months and to STOP CALLING!!!! They said they would but give them 24-48 hours....all ready 3 calls since I notified them of wrong number....we'll see if it stops in a day or so.

REI is an FSA registered company and must follow regulated compliance procedures. If you have a complaint about their services

that is not resolved you have recourse to both the Financial Services Authority and the Financial Ombudsman (details below).

About the insurance REI supply.

REI do not supply warranties. Beware of companies who supply warranties as they are not regulated and many have been shut down by Trading Standards Agency. Be very careful if you are offered a warranty as these do not have to be underwritten and if the company folds your warranty folds with it.

The insurance REI supply is genuine underwritten insurance from reputable and known insurers in the market place which is designed to save the customer money over many current high street mobile phone suppliers and their insurers who tend to overprice their mobile phone insurance.

The typical insurance which REI sell will cost £133.20 over the term of an 18 month phone contract (note REI insurance is monthly so you are not locked into a contract and you can cancel at any time).

Compare this with insurance provided by the networks and high street providors.

Please note: You will always have a 14 day cooling off period in which to check that your new insurance is appropriate and please do the sums and see if it works for you. If not you can still cancel the policy for a full refund.

Advertising Calls

Under current laws and compliance REI are allowed to make what is termed an 'advertising call' to potential customers, however they must say who they are and why they are calling. They also must explain all details of the product and they must not proceed with a sale unless they get verbal confirmation from the customer.

An FSA regulated company like REI must comply with strict compliance rules and all agents follow a script which outlines who they are and why they are calling. In the case of the script REI currently use, their agent will mention their name 3 times and also how they are regulated, also if you take the insurance with them that you must cancel your previous policy if you have one, and finally, that REI are not associated with your mobile phone provider or current insurer. The agent will require confirmation from the customer that they understand this before they proceed. Agents are strictly monitored but if you think that these procedures have not been followed, REI would like to know so please call them on their customers sevices number 01792 222322 / 222324 so that they can investigate.

If you sign up with REI they will send you a welcome letter with all the details about themselves including contact details and how to contact the FSA and the Insurance Ombudsman if you have a problem. For clarification this letter also states all the information again that was given in the script by the agent. The letter also gives you a 14 day cooling off period from receipt of your policy, so that if you are not happy about anything you have the right to cancel by calling their customer services.

Complaints

Under FSA regulations, if you are not happy with anything you should make a complaint to the company concerned who must deal with it in a set time guideline. However if you are still not happy you have recourse to the Financial Ombudsman or the FSA and they will look into it for you. (all details below)

Real Estate International (Financial Services) Limited
are an appointed representative of Comparisure Ltd
which is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority.
---------------------------------------------------
The Financial Ombudsman Service
South Quay Plaza183 Marsh Wall
London E14 9SR

REI is an FSA registered company and must follow regulated compliance procedures. If you have a complaint about their services

that is not resolved you have recourse to both the Financial Services Authority and the Financial Ombudsman (details below).

About the insurance REI supply.

REI do not supply warranties. Beware of companies who supply warranties as they are not regulated and many have been shut down by Trading Standards Agency. Be very careful if you are offered a warranty as these do not have to be underwritten and if the company folds your warranty folds with it.

The insurance REI supply is genuine underwritten insurance from reputable and known insurers in the market place which is designed to save the customer money over many current high street mobile phone suppliers and their insurers who tend to overprice their mobile phone insurance.

The typical insurance which REI sell will cost £133.20 over the term of an 18 month phone contract (note REI insurance is monthly so you are not locked into a contract and you can cancel at any time).

Compare this with insurance provided by the networks and high street providors.

Please note: You will always have a 14 day cooling off period in which to check that your new insurance is appropriate and please do the sums and see if it works for you. If not you can still cancel the policy for a full refund.

Advertising Calls

Under current laws and compliance REI are allowed to make what is termed an 'advertising call' to potential customers, however they must say who they are and why they are calling. They also must explain all details of the product and they must not proceed with a sale unless they get verbal confirmation from the customer.

An FSA regulated company like REI must comply with strict compliance rules and all agents follow a script which outlines who they are and why they are calling. In the case of the script REI currently use, their agent will mention their name 3 times and also how they are regulated, also if you take the insurance with them that you must cancel your previous policy if you have one, and finally, that REI are not associated with your mobile phone provider or current insurer. The agent will require confirmation from the customer that they understand this before they proceed. Agents are strictly monitored but if you think that these procedures have not been followed, REI would like to know so please call them on their customers sevices number 01792 222322 / 222324 so that they can investigate.

If you sign up with REI they will send you a welcome letter with all the details about themselves including contact details and how to contact the FSA and the Insurance Ombudsman if you have a problem. For clarification this letter also states all the information again that was given in the script by the agent. The letter also gives you a 14 day cooling off period from receipt of your policy, so that if you are not happy about anything you have the right to cancel by calling their customer services.

Complaints

Under FSA regulations, if you are not happy with anything you should make a complaint to the company concerned who must deal with it in a set time guideline. However if you are still not happy you have recourse to the Financial Ombudsman or the FSA and they will look into it for you. (all details below)

Real Estate International (Financial Services) Limited
are an appointed representative of Comparisure Ltd
which is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority.
---------------------------------------------------
The Financial Ombudsman Service
South Quay Plaza183 Marsh Wall
London E14 9SR

Midwest Publishing Incorporated is a professional fundraising company. They work for a number of fraudulent charities and not-for-profit orgs. Be aware, that only 10 - 18% of what you donate will go to the charity or not-for-profit and that the recipients of the 1 - 18% will spend only a fraction of the funds toward the so called charitable causes.

Also, the reason so many of you receive what seem to be prank calls with no one on the line but MPI's called ID and number logged is because the company uses predictive dialers in their call rooms. A predictive dialer calls around 100 phone numbers at the same time and the first person to answer is the one the telemarketer speaks with-the other 99 calls are disconnected. Additionally, if you are one of the unlucky 99 callers who is disconnected before answering, your number will continue to be called until you do answer and a disposition is listed for the number.

This Number 514-904-3190 called my home Jan7/10. A male voice claiming to be from the Federal Government of Canada was calling and that someone in the house-hold over 18 MUST answer a 15 min-20 min survey. Verbalizing in a very aggressively demanding manor and repeatedly insisting that someone in the household MUST answer his questions. I asked several time for him to clarify who was calling and he would only answer” It was the Federal Government of Canadian phoning on official business”. I asked him respectively if it was the Harper Conservatives organization calling. he would only answer that it was the Government of Canada calling and said that, if I thought that they (conservatives) was the Federal Government of Canada, then it was but at no time would he admit that it wasn’t and would state, it was the Federal Government of Canada phoning on official business. He would not identify what area of the Federal Canadian Government was calling. I told him that I wasn’t interested in talking to the Federal Government of Canada. He then insisted that I give him a time for when the Federal Government of Canada would call back. I said again that I was not interested in talking to him. He then insisted that someone other than me that was over the age of 18 would have to talk to the Federal Government of Canada if I refused. At this time I told him that I was not interested in any one in my house hold speaking with him and then politely hung up the phone.
The heavy handiest of this phone call was left me traumatized and fearful that our current ruling conservative government will somehow jeopardize me and my family with and possible future repercussions.

Here's some more important FTC "Do Not Call" information everyone visiting this site should read and know. I'll keep looking and disseminating as much on this subject as I can.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy B. Shelton, Manager, Airspace
Branch, Air Traffic Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, P.O. Box
20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320;
telephone (404) 305–5586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to
participate in this proposed rulemaking
by submitting such written data, views
or arguments as they may desire.
Comments that provide the factual basis
supporting the views and suggestions
presented are particularly helpful in
developing reasonsed regulatory
decisions on the proposal. Comments
are specifically invited on the overall
regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related
aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify the
airspace docket number and be
submitted in triplicate to the address
listed above. Commenters wishing the
FAA to acknowledge receipt of their
comments on this action must submit
with those comments a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made:
‘‘Comments to Airspace Docket No. 99–
ASO–17.’’ The postcard will be date/
time stamped and returned to the
commenter. All communications
received before the specified closing
date for comments will be considered
before taking action on the proposed
rule. The proposal contained in this
action may be changed in light of the
comments received. All comments
submitted will be available for
examination in the Office of the
Regional Counsel for Southern Region,
Room 550, 1701 Columbia Avenue,
College Park, Georgia 30337, both before
and after the closing date for comments.
A report summarizing each substantive
public contact with FAA personnel
concerned with this rulemaking will be
filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRMs
Any person may obtain a copy of this
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
by submitting a request to the Federal
Aviation Administration, Manager,
Airspace Branch, ASO–520, Air Traffic
Division, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta,
Georgia 30320. Communications must
identify the docket number of this
NPRM. Persons interested in being
placed on a mailing list for future
NPRMs should also request a copy of
Advisory Circular No. 11–2A which
describes the application procedure.The Proposal
The FAA is considering an
amendment to part 71 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to
amend Class E airspace at Puerto Rico,
PR. This proposal would increase the
size of the Puerto Rico, PR, Class E
airspace areas to include the airspace
within Warning Areas W–370A, W–
373A and W–373C, in order to facilitate
the handling, reduce the coordination
and increase the safety of United States
military aircraft returning to Roosevelt
Roads Naval Station below 5,500 MSL,
which is the floor of the overlying San
Juan Low Class E airspace area, in IMC
from the Warning Areas. Class E
airspace designations for airspace areas
extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface are published in
Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9G
dated September 1, 1999, and effective
September 16, 1999, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR
71.1. The Class E airspace designation
listed in this document would be
published subsequently in the Order.
The FAA has determined that this
proposed regulation only involves an
established body of technical
regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to
keep them operationally current. It,
therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ under Executive
Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant
rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies
and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February
26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant
preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation
as the anticipated impact is so minimal.
Since this is a routine matter that will
only affect air traffic procedures and air
navigation, it is certified that this rule,
when promulgated, will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Navigation (air).
The Proposed Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Federal Aviation Administration
proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as
follows:
PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS;
AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING
POINTS
1. The authority citation for part 71
continues to read as follows:Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 40103, 40113,
40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–
1963 Comp. p. 389.
§ 71.1 [Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in
14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation
Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points,
dated September 1, 1999, and effective
September 16, 1999, is amended as
follows:
Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas
extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface of the earth.
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ASO PR E5 Puerto Rico, PR [Revised]
San Juan Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci
Airport, PR
(Lat. 18°27¢41¢¢ N., long. 66°05¢89¢¢ W.)
That airspace extending upward from 1200
feet or more above the surface of the earth
beginning at lat. 18°50¢ ¢¢ N., long. 68°00¢ ¢¢ W.;
to lat. 18°45¢23¢¢ N., long. 66°54¢58¢¢ W.; to lat.18°33¢ N., long. 64°22¢ W.; to lat. 17°20¢ N.,
long. 64°22¢ W.; to lat. 17°29¢ N., long. 64°54¢
W.; to lat. 17°29¢53¢¢ N., long. 64°55¢39¢¢ W.;
to lat. 17°29¢53¢¢ N., long. 66°18¢20¢¢ W.; to lat.
17°44¢53¢¢ N., long. 66°16¢49¢¢ W.; to lat.
17°47¢16¢¢ N., long. 66°16¢56¢¢ W.; to lat.
17°42¢ N., long. 68°00¢ W.; to the point of
beginning; excluding that airspace within
Warning Area W–371; and that airspace
extending upward from 2,700 feet above the
surface of the earth beginning at lat. 18°33¢ ¢¢
N., long. 64°22¢ W.; to lat. 18°25¢23¢¢ N., long.
62°52¢ W.; to lat. 17°47¢ N., long. 62°23¢ W.;
to lat. 17°22¢ N., long. 62°59¢ W.; to lat. 16°58¢
N., long. 63°00¢ W.; to lat. 17°20¢ N., long.
64°22¢ W.; to the point of beginning; and that
airspace extending upward from 2,700 feet
above the surface of the earth beginning at
lat. 18°45¢23¢¢ N., long. 66°54¢58¢¢ W.; to lat.
19°00¢ N., long. 66°10¢ W.; to lat. 19°00¢ N.,
long. 5°45¢ W.; to lat. 18°45¢ N., long. 64°22¢
W.; to lat. 18°33¢ N., long. 64°22¢ W.; to the
point of beginning.
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Emails expose the global warming conspiracy
Opinion The sky is not falling
By Stewart Meagher
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 18:18 NEWS THAT more than 1,000 emails and hundreds of other documents created by scientists at the University of East Anglia's (UEA) Hadley Climate Research Unit (CRU) were leaked onto the Internet, allegedly after one of the organisation's email servers was hacked, sent the world into a spin last week.

CRU spinners and tree huggers shrugged their shoulders and claimed that some of the documents, which date back as far as 1996 and as recently as a couple of weeks ago, could have been tampered with, trying to suggest that the emails and other files had been carefully selected and perhaps even edited.

The fact that the vast majority of the emails, many of which were sent by leading climatologist Phil Jones, are dull almost beyond comprehension suggests otherwise. Surely if the hack attack or leak was a concerted effort by climate change nay-sayers to discredit the whole concept of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW - the theory that the Earth is rapidly warming and it's all our fault) then they would have spent more time cherry picking the several emails that have really set tongues to wagging.

As it is, sorting through the 176MB of data to find damning items of evidence has been left to newspaper journalists, or more likely an army of minimum wage junior research monkeys. However, all of that hard work has unearthed a number of worrying gaffes by several of the climate research boffins involved.

One document refers to a paper presented to science magazine Nature which plotted temperature changes using data collected from tree rings. The author states, "I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline." An innocent bit of book cooking to make the numbers look neater, or a leftist conspiracy designed to make the government confiscate our cars? It could be either, depending upon whom one believes.

Defenders of the AGW faith at Real Climate have maintained that it was all above-board and just a case of unfortunate terminology. "Scientists often use the term 'trick' to refer to a good way to deal with a problem, rather than something that is secret," one poster has insisted without an apparent hint of irony.

Other emails that are causing concern suggest that some of the world's leading climate scientists were harbouring personal doubts about whether the planet is really heating up. "The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can't," one correspondence reads. It continues, "Data shows there should be even more warming: but the data are surely wrong. Our observing system is inadequate."

Another suggests that the organisation has suppressed evidence by asking a number of individuals to delete inconvenient emails, and yet another offers a novel approach to convincing respected scientists with opposing views to come around to the CRU's way of thinking. It says, "Next time I see Pat Michaels at a scientific meeting, I’ll be tempted to beat the crap out of him. Very tempted."

And it's not just the threat of physical attacks that becomes apparent when scouring the mass of emails. Verbal insults are also commonplace: "After the meeting in Norway, where I presented the Esper stuff as described in the extended abstract I sent you, and hearing [redacted]'s follow-up talk on how everybody but him has f****d up in reconstructing past NH temperatures over the past 1000 years (this is a bit of an overstatement on my part I must admit, but his air of papal infallibility is really quite nauseating at times), I have come up with an idea that I want you to be involved in."

Perhaps most concerning are the organisation's apparent attempts to pervert the peer review process by excluding anyone with an opposing opinion, regardless of their credibility or authority. One such is an email that says, "I think we have to stop considering Climate Research as a legitimate peer-reviewed journal. Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal."

Of course it is possible that the hacker - or disgruntled insider as some have suggested - was smart enough to bury a couple of smoking guns within the massive pile of innocent witterings. It doesn't take a criminal genius to fake a few convincing looking email headers, if armed, as they apparently were, with hundreds of genuine ones. Nobody at the UEA has come forward to confirm or deny the authenticity of the data, which is totally unsurprising. If the emails do turn out to be genuine, the very least the red-faced writers can expect is to be subjected to a series of increasingly embarrassing inquisitions at the hands of the world's press, the government institutions that fund their research activities and the British taxpayers who ultimately pick up the tab.

At worst, they should be sacked or even prosecuted for misleading the world about what most concerned people see as the single most important international issue facing the planet today. Having said that, we really wouldn't want to be the person responsible for Internet security at the UEA.

In most industries a bit of light jiggery-pokery of the figures is commonplace. A favourable audit here, a wayward stock market valuation there, some creative accounting just about everywhere. But we're not talking about crooked MPs fiddling their expenses to pay for their castles to be renovated here. When the folks at the CRU speak, the world listens. It's true that more than 50 per cent of the world then sticks its fingers in its ears and goes "la la laaa laaa", but many trillions of dollars worth of finance, commerce and industry teeters on the issue of the whole global warming and climate change science construction.

These people are rewarded well from the public purse to supply the population and the politicians who serve us with accurate data and well-founded scientific explanations. Their conclusions will necessarily inform momentous decisions that will have immense consequences for billions of people throughout the entire world for decades to come, and will impact the quality of life - or even matters of life or death - of millions. Therefore, there should be no hidden agendas, no manipulation of numbers and no pandering to political lobbyists, global warming scam artists or fat cat industrialists keen to maintain the status quo.

The CRU has been accused of cherry-picking and withholding its raw data before, but accusations from individuals or organisations with opposing opinions without solid evidence have been quickly dismissed.

The bottom line is that these are all smart people. It's true that, when we write emails at work most of us behave as though we were operating in an impenetrable bubble. We have firewalls and security experts and virus-killing software and systems administrators to protect us and our badly spelled ramblings from the public gaze. We insult colleagues with apparent impunity, commit our casual banter and deepest secrets to the digital domain, and bandy about commercially sensitive information safe in the knowledge that our emails are private and will never fall into the hands of anyone other than the intended recipient.

But the real world isn't like that. If you work in an industry where what you say and do potentially affects the lives of every living being on the planet, you should be very, very careful about what you say and do.

Be assured that this story will run and run. If the emails do turn out to be genuine, which is so far nigh on impossible to definitively prove either way, the CRU has some very searching questions to answer.

With the Copenhagen Treaty looming on the horizon, and the credibility of one of the world's leading climate think tanks in tatters, this lapse in mail server security, or whistleblower's leak, could turn out to be this generation's Watergate.

I got a call from this number. Caller ID shows "S. CA Construction". They told me that I had ordered 18 windows for a total of $18,000, charged to my MasterCard. The windows would be delivered the following afternoon......They got my name and address. It's scary.

Venture Data is a Telesurvey company, based out of SLC, we have stations in Oregon (where I am) and Washington (which, I believe shut down, actually). When we call you, we usually say we're from MORI Research (especially in the DC greater area when doing stupid surveys about the Washington Post) or Call Research. Why? Not sure, I'm pretty new to the job. Our surveys are political. We don't sell anything, just ask you a bunch of questions that may seem stupid, awkward, sometimes condescending annnddd pretty push-polly.

1. Why do we call so late? Good question! Because SLC doesn't think. We just do our jobs and pray that you people will answer because the more surveys we get, the sooner we get to go home and not call people so late. It sucks, I understand but don't yell at the dialers.

2. Are you picking up the phone but nobody seems to be on the line? Our headsets are not the greatest quality. We have feedback and tons of lag-time. It's stupid. Tell SLC to give us better equipment.

3. On the National DNC list? That's generally only telemarketers. We're not selling a tangible item so we don't count. You have two ways of dealing with this. Answer 1: Call your phone provider and ask about their privacy block services. Answer 2: If you're nice to the dialer, you can ask to be put on our own personal DNC list. We'll explain to you that it'll only remove you from Venture Data and not any other survey company but that's one less, right?

4. If it were illegal to call you so late, we wouldn't be open until 9 or 10 p.m. We're a West Coast company. If someone dials you really late, ask for Salt Lake's address (or google it, it's easily available) and we'll give it to you. Again, don't yell at us. We're making minimum wage. We don't decide the hours. We don't make the rules. We're just doing our job.

5. We don't leave messages on your machine because we can't ask questions and get answers. We're looking for people, age 18+, who are registered to vote. It'd be pointless to leave a message. When we reach a machine, we dial a certain code and your number is recycled to call back again later. Same is said for people who politely refuse to take the survey. This part is completely random. Sometimes you won't hear from us for a long time, other days the machine will spit out your number like crazy. I once dialed a woman twice in a row. It was insane! The blame for this is on multiple levels. One, it's just a machine. Two, population to quota ratio.

6. "THEY CALL ME ON SUNDAY!!" Again. Doing our JOB! We all can't pick and chose our shifts. And some people don't do the whole church/sabbath thing. Crazy, I know, but it's true.

7. Calls about Auto-body work! Yes! We're also paid by Allstate to call you for a 3 minute survey to ask about your service and what you thought about your repairs. This is a special survey which requires training to conduct. It's just follow up. Even non-profits do it. A lot of stores do it nowadays as well.

8. Getting asshole dialers? You're number is usually recycled unless you state to be removed or start screaming (please don't do this one) so we can't help it if you say "not now" or just hang up. We're monitored and SLC will have a field day if we're burning their sample. However, if someone is being a dick just to be a dick, then give SLC a call. They'll figure out who did it.

9. Sometimes we ask to speak with the youngest male/female in the household (at least 18, gotta be voting age!) because the surveys are split into demographics based on age and gender. We have to get equal representation and, generally, women and people born before 1950 are far more willing to take surveys. We start asking to talk to certain people because our bosses and computers tell us that we're meeting quota on said demographic.

10. Voting registration cards? If that were the case, we wouldn't be asking when we called and calling so many unregistered numbers. It's purely randomly generated. Your information hasn't been bought. Relax.

11. Again, listen to the other employees who are telling you what to do. You want them to stop calling you? Pick up and say "No thanks, please take me off your calling list." SIMPLE. Your number won't be recycled. Swearing will only have pissed of dialers call you again. Being a dick to someone doing their job isn't going to make them want to cooperate. It applies to other jobs, too. D-bag customer? Not going to help you find what you're looking for until you drop that attitude.

12. What to know who is paying for the survey we call you for? We dialers don't know. Our bosses withhold that to keep us from biasing the survey. Sometimes it seems obvious but then I found some politicians bash themselves because they want to see how easily swayed you are. There are two states that have laws regarding release of survey information. We're told before the dialing starts and tell you either before, after, or upon request. If we say we don't know, you're not that qualifying state. However, if you ask for SLC's address, they can tell you.

The women who make the calls from this call center known as Legacy Telemarketing are almost all middle-aged and just barely making ends meet with this minimum wage job. This is by far one of the worst companies to work for because, as one other person has said, the supervisors are constantly breathing down these people's necks when their numbers are low and fire people for absolutely no reason almost every day, so the tension in this little building could be cut with a knife. If you don't make at least $60/hr you will get fired. Because Legacy works with a staffing agency called Smart Talent, they pay this company $18/hr for each employee. That means that every single person in the room is costing $18 an hour, with about 40 employees, making just the calling staff alone a loss of almost $7,000 a day, about $2 million a year. When you ask them on the phone how much goes to the cause, they will tell you it's 93%, but that is a lie. If you do some research online, their records for the past few years have not been released (www.bbb.org). I do believe that some of this money does go towards mobile mammograms and organizations of the like, because they have been around for 6 years and somewhere within that, money must be sent somewhere for them to avoid any major scandals. This does not excuse the fact that they lie to every single person that they call and wrench money out of innocent people's hands, calling you at all hours of the day and night, endlessly harassing you at your home. This is my own opinion, but telemarketing is not the way to go about collecting funds. I fully support the Breast Cancer 3-Day as millions of us do, but to be completely honest, a decent percentage of the people BCPF calls says, "sorry, but I already donate to the American Cancer Society" or "Susan G. Komen."
I have some news for you....
Those two companies are rumored within the company to be where almost all of our leads come from. All I know for sure is that we do BUY our calling lists from other companies, but I have never found solid evidence as to where those lists are from. I have solid reason to believe, especially because of how many people do say they already donate to these companies, that they are the ones selling out your information.
Regardless, if you receive a call from this number, your information has been bought. They have full access to your home phone number, first and last name, and mailing address. And regardless of what you say to them, they are going to resell your information to another company. So when they call, I strongly encourage you to answer and politely tell them, "please put me on your do not call list."

If you'd like to have an angry word with the company, please call 425-252-3001. You can ask them for yourselves where they claim this money goes to and see what answers they come up with. Either way I can tell you I have seen them opening envelopes in Everett, WA, that are addressed to Florida, Texas, and California. How did they get those envelopes back, and why aren't they in those states? You'll have to do some more research on that for yourself.
The address for Legacy Telemarketing is 2401 Hewitt Ave, Everett, Wa 98201. Regardless of what state you live in, they will tell you that's where the money goes to. That's a lie. It gets forwarded to that exact address, or their PO Box.

Hope this lengthy bit of information has helped you decide not to donate to the Breast Cancer Prevention Fund. They are clearly trying to hide something.

I answered and was greeted by a computer generated voice identifying itself as Rasmussen Reports. It then asked to press a specific number if under the age of 18 and another specific number if over the age of 18. I didn't do either and was then given the option of pressing the number 3 to be put on their Do Not Call list. Even though I am already on the Do Not Call Registry, they don't seem to care about abiding with that.

They call every day at least twice a day at the oddest hours (last night at 10:00pm, this morning at 7:30am) and hangs up when we answer. They ARE a legitimate business, they are subcontractors for magazine companies trying to get you to renew or resubscribe to a magazine you receive that is about to expire, or a magazine that you did not renew that you received in the last 18 months (or someone who has used your telephone number to subscribe in the past, sometimes it is the people who previously had your phone number if you have recently changed your number or gotten new service). They have poor standards for their workers and are unfair to them, and break several rules on telemarketing, but it is the callers job, so don't hold it against the workers, they are doing what they are told (we have all had crappy jobs where we did things that ticked people off even when we hated it)HOWEVER the company itself is responsible for the harassing calls, as telemarketers and other companies are not supposed to call you between 9pm and 8am unless you have requested them to do so (and the hanging up, or not leaving a message on voicemail/answering machine is soo annoying!).

They ARE allowed to call you per the National Do Not Call Registry's rules, because you HAVE (or previous phone number owner has)done business with a company they represent within the last 18 months, so don't bother reporting them there, they are not breaking the rules in that aspect.

Call 1-800-456-5105 to make a complaint and be removed from their calling list toll free instead of calling the 330 number (located in Canton, Ohio)

Company description:
Optima Communications is a tele-services company with 16 years of experience, handling millions of customer contacts with care. Optima has a sterling reputation in terms of quality, excellence and accuracy. Our business is focused on providing specialized outsourcing service to a small number of discerning client/partners on a long-term basis.

The telemarketing comes from these numbers:
416-915-7933 and416-581-1076

Important note on exceptions to the do not call rules:
Exemptions to the National DNCL

Certain telemarketing calls and faxes are exempt from the National DNCL Rules. Exemptions include those made by or on behalf of:

o registered charities raising funds
o newspapers looking for subscriptions
o political parties and their candidates, and
o companies with whom consumers have an existing commercial relationship; for example, if a consumer has done business with a company in the previous 18 months––such as a carpet-cleaning company––that consumer can be called

THEREFORE: IF YOU HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH ONE OF THE COMPANIES THEY ARE CALLING ON BEHALF OF WITHIN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, OR YOU HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH SUCH A COMPANY THE DO-NOT-CALL RULES DO NOT APPLY and calls made by Optima on behalf of such companies are legitimate.

Visit this web page to see the Do-Not-Call rules:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/t1030.htm

Nevertheless they probably tick you off big time.

You can call their business number: Tel: 416-581-1236; press "0" for the operator and request to have your number removed from ALL their internal call lists.

If that does not work for some reason here are people in the company to call and/or send an e-mail to:

Got seven calls from these cretins, spread out through the entire day, at 9:10 am, 9:18 am, 11:18 am, 11:32 am, 11:33 am, 11:37 am, and 5:52 pm. That four-call stretch in nine minutes must be some kind of record!

Nobody on the line when I answered, and no messages left when I didn't. Pretty damn annoying.

I don't know if the one person will be back here but... If you had an account and are on the Do Not Call List, if I'm reading the rules for it correctly, they can still call you for up to 18 months. If you tell them to not call you anymore, they shouldn't and then you can report them.

28. If I register my number on the National Do Not Call Registry, will it stop all telemarketing calls?
No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most telemarketing calls, but not all. Because of limitations in the jurisdiction of the FTC and FCC, calls from or on behalf of political organizations, charities, and telephone surveyors would still be permitted, as would calls from companies with which you have an existing business relationship, or those to whom you’ve provided express agreement in writing to receive their calls.

31. My number is on the National Do Not Call Registry. After I bought something from a company, a telemarketer representing that organization called me. Is this a violation?
No. By purchasing something from the company, you established a business relationship with the company. As a result, even if you put your number on the National Do Not Call Registry, that company may call you for up to 18 months after your last purchase or delivery from it, or your last payment to it, unless you ask the company not to call again. In that case, the company must honor your request not to call. If they subsequently call you again, they may be subject to a fine of up to $16,000 .

An established business relationship with a company also will be created if you make an inquiry to the company, or submit an application to it. This kind of established business relationship exists for three months after the inquiry or application. During this time, the company can call you.

If you make a specific request to that company not to call you, however, then the company may not call you, even if you have an established business relationship with that company.

You guys are a bunch of idiots. Its people like you that made me lose my job. I worked for ETECH until today. They are not outside the law, they are a contracted telemarketing firm. They call for AT&T XM and Captial One, they now just had a new campaign open where they call and set up appointments for students to get into College.

To Cher (ie the comment below me): Ma'am I so badly want to tear into you but I won't. What I will respond to is the comment get a real job. I am former US Army, I got the job working at ETECH because it is a simple and easy job, and a hell of alot easier than what I used to do. I would ask you what you do, but I don't really care, because you are not better than me, period. I had a honest job, now given there were some employees who were not doing their job correctly, they were terminated. All of us at ETECH are good people. I personally hope that someone will annoy you to death from there, the worlds IQ standard would go up a full 10 points from your passing.

To the comments about the noone is there. I personally know that you are lying. What you would do is pick up the phone and hang up, before we have a chance to say anything. Happens to me on a very regular basis, so I have no sympathy for you.

To Mr James Bond.........really? Sir all you have to do is speak to the representative that called you. I have an idea of what campaign was calling, its an AT&T campaign that I worked on. Believe me sir when I tell you, getting your business line annoys us more than it annoys you because that cuts into the money that we make. The problem is that AT&T gives us 60,000 leads and does not shift through them to make sure the information is correct. If the numbers are incorrect we get business lines, Disconnected numbers, and the lot. Had you simply spoken to the rep they would have apologized for the inconvenience and they would remove you from the system. Thats all it takes.

To the people who want to be on the Do Not Call List. You do not understand the purpose of the list. You think that it stops all calls, that is your ignorance. If you have paid an invoice to for instances AT&T within the last 18 months, then AT&T can call you, even if you are on the do not call list. If you have requested information or had contact with again for instance AT&T within 18 months then they can still call you. So do not complain about that, its in the law. Secondly, if you wanted to get on the Do Not Call list, you are at the agents mercy. I personally never put people on the Do Not Call List, if they interrupted me, did not let me speak and finish the mandatory disclosure required by my company, or I just felt was being rude just to be so. So the next time you get a call, don't forget we are human to, and that it is our job like it or not, be polite and we will be friendly back, be rude and well, that's fine with us to. The best form of entertainment in that type of job is having people threaten you. I laugh right into the phone every time and then just hang up.

To the people who have legitimate complaints. I apologize to you guys. We know some people do not like our job, and we don't want to bug you guys believe me, and when you say not interested, we have to rebuttal 3 times. If we don't the admins feel that we are not trying and they wind up like me, out of a job. Again I am sorry that we inconvenience you from whatever it is that you are doing home while we are working, but it is our job just like you have yours, hopefully.